ewig
German, adjective/ˈeːvɪç/
ewig is spelled E-W-I-G (4 letters) and appears 33 times per million words in written German, the 2,499th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ewig is a German adjective meaning “eternal, everlasting” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “endlos, zeitlich unbegrenzt”.
What does ewig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
eternal, everlasting
Wahrlich, wahrlich, ich sage euch: Wer an mich glaubt, der hat das ewige Leben.
- 2
constant, frequent
seine ewigen Vorwürfe
adverb
- 1
eternally, for ever
Das wird ewig so bleiben.
- 2
colloquialalways
Er ist ewig am Meckern.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. endlos, zeitlich unbegrenzt 2. einen langen Zeitraum betreffend 3. sich ständig wiederholend
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ewig
- ewiger masculine nominative singular
- am ewigsten superlative
- ewige feminine nominative singular
- ewiges neuter nominative singular
- ewigen genitive masculine singular
- ewigem dative masculine singular
- der ewige definite includes-article masculine
- die ewige definite feminine includes-article
- das ewige definite includes-article neuter
- die ewigen definite includes-article nominative
- des ewigen definite genitive includes-article
- der ewigen definite feminine genitive
- dem ewigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ewig?
- /ˈeːvɪç/
- /ˈeːvɪk/
- [ˈeːvɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ewig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ewig in German?
ewig appears 33 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).